In her 'The View' interview Psaki revealed Friday that President Biden expressed doubt about the legitimacy of this year’s midterm elections because “voters should be eyes-wide-open” about Republican efforts to strip Democrats of victory. When talking to Fox she essentially said they misunderstood what he was trying to say (see videos below)
The unexpected remarks come as Democrats and Republicans struggle over election policy, with Democrats insisting that former President Donald Trump’s allies have made it harder to vote in some states in response to his claims of fraud in 2020.
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During Wednesday’s White House news conference, Biden stunned viewers by asserting that this November's results “easily could be illegitimate” further adding that “I’m not going to say it’s going to be legit” — seeming to parrot Trump’s claims that Democrats said irresponsibly undermined faith in U.S. democracy.
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“Without [federal] reforms, why should voters have faith in the legitimacy of the next election?” political pundit Ana Navarro asked Psaki on ABC’s “The View.”
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“Well, voters should be eyes-wide-open and clear-eyed and this is what the president was getting at the other night, that people are trying to make it harder for them to vote,” Psaki expressed.
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The press secretary went on to say there are “nefarious things” that Republican-led states are doing, “but also there are things like, you know, if you’re a mom and you have three kids, and you’re driving and you’re trying to vote and participate in the election, why not have more places where you can drop off your ballot? Why not have more days where you can exercise your right to vote?”
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“You know, there are things like that a lot of states are making it more difficult,” Psaki went on to add before reiterating that “what the president was trying to convey is we need to be clear-eyed, open-eyed, educated about what our rights are.”
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“We have doubled — the Department of Justice has doubled — our funding and support for voter protections across the country. The Democratic National Committee will be doing a lot of work out there,” she continued.
“But he wasn’t trying to predict that the elections will be illegitimate. But he was trying to make clear to people that 2020 and what President — former President Trump tried to do after that election is not 60 years ago, you know? That was less than two years ago. And we need to keep talking about it and make sure people understand what is going to be attempted out there.”
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